GigaOm recently released a free report, “Enterprise mobility perceptions among IT decision makers,” that examines cloud computing, big data, and enterprise mobility. The report highlights data collected by GigaOm from 304 enterprise IT decision makers.

The findings included an observation that, while 80 percent of all enterprises support mobile phones as part of their infrastructure, the size of the business seemed to have little impact on a company’s decision to support such mobility. The report also provides a glimpse into the market share for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Windows devices (I won’t spoil the suspense as I hope you’ll go grab your own copy of the report), as well as some insight into application support. More...

Did you know that within the last two years, the personal health information of nearly 18 million Americans was breached electronically? That affected six percent of Americans. Even more surprising is the value of the data being sold. Medical records sell for $50 a record in the underground market which is even more lucrative than financial information, says the chairman and CEO of the Santa Fe Group. More...

The BYOD movement is truly shaking up IT.  Now, more than ever, employees are bringing their own devices to work. Not only that, on average, employees carry more than two devices each. The proliferation of devices and the additional traffic are putting big demands on the corporate network, as well as increasing the risk of data security breaches. More...

In a recent survey, 36 percent of companies say they have deployed or are utilizing Unified Communications. So what about the other 64 percent? It’s time to take the leap; companies will simply have to deploy mobile UC to be competitive. More than a nice-to-have, it is a must-have. The list here explains why and serves as a checklist to help your enterprise move into 2012.More...

While most of the corporate world went into Holiday Hibernation for the last two weeks of the year, we continued to scour the webscape on your behalf. And it’s a good thing we did, because there are at least a couple of interesting items you might have missed.

Both of these fit a common theme, and it’s something that should be on your front burner this year. In the face of increased cybercrime and intrusions, if there is going to be a Year of Security, 2012 should be it. More...